HONEYCUTT v. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK IN GASTONIA

No. 164.

89 S.E.2d 598 (1955)

242 N.C. 734

Bright E. HONEYCUTT v. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK IN GASTONIA, Executor and Trustee of the Estate of C. E. Honeycutt, and Foda Honeycutt Miller; Zora Honeycutt Worrell; Joe W. Honeycutt; May Honeycutt Flowe; Blake Honeycutt Keenan; Nellie M. Honeycutt; Carrie Brooks Honeycutt; Eula Honeycutt Coley; Bartley L. Honeycutt, and J. Samuel Honeycutt.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 19, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geo. B. Mason, L. B. Hollowell, Gastonia, for defendants, appellants.

Mullen, Holland & Cooke, Gastonia, for plaintiff, appellee.


BOBBITT, Justice.

The ultimate questions for decision are these: 1. Did the plaintiff own all or any part of the property in controversy as of the date of her husband's death? 2. If so, is she precluded from asserting her claims against defendants, based on such ownership, by her acceptance of benefits under her husband's will?

A deed to husband and wife, nothing else appearing, vests the title in them as tenants...

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